And all the stories had, somewhere, the witch. The wicked old witch. And Tiffany had thought: Where's the evidence?

It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star Trek.' Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they're clever with little bits of interesting stuff and real stuff.

When you read, I'm sure you don't realize that your eyes are going backwards and forwards and to this place and that place. Mine don't do that.

There are plenty of people who believe that Elvis is alive, or that aliens occasionally land here to do highly personal things to people, or that the whole idea of evolution is a conspiracy of godless scientists. Almost all of these people can vote and some of them have got guns.

Sooner or later we're all someone's dog.

Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way. It's good for the hygiene of the brain.

We live and learn, or, perhaps more importantly we learn and live.